Comments by "Alphabet Inc." (@official_alphabet_inc) on "WarLeaks - Military Blog"
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@dadistos4538 I guess I could've been more clear in that I was referencing the Ukrainians burned alive by other Ukrainians in Odessa 02.05.2014 (and other, more or less similar, happenings long before Feb. of '22).
At the same time, it's kinda on you for not questioning why I chose the wording "burning to their deaths", like that's something that regularly happens in this war.
Then again, I'm used to people who think they actually know something about what they're talking about, so I prolly should've expected it.
Lastly, and least importantly, cheering on death is f'ed up regardless of context. If you're gonna respond, don't focus on just this part, because again, it's not the main point here.. at all.
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@yyyymmddhhmm You don't think it's weird that someone with none to little knowledge of the language would allege that something translating to "join in" is one of two regular NK expressions for "comrade"? In my opinion, anyone who was just pretending to have knowledge would only mention "동무", as that literally translates to "comrade", according to Google Translate.
If you've learned any language different from your own, I'm sure you've come across many things that didn't make sense at all to you, but, however, were a fact of this language. Secondly, both words have the same "root"(?) ("동" = "dong"). And lastly, "join" makes some sense in being used as an expression for "comrade", if you consider the history of communistic uprisings. I.e. communist brothers ("comrades") were fighting for a cause, and everyone ought to join in on this fight.
That said, I have no actual knowledge of Korean language, and my quick attempt at googling this provided no insight. I'm just thinking out loud and playing devils advocate here. Some amount of scepticism is healthy, but I'm more skeptic to the conclusions he draws in his second paragraph than his claims of being Korean.
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@TenForTheBigGuy.4381 I'm speculating if it has some novel mine clearing technology, because all of the first four mines seems to blow well ahead of the tank.
Of course, that could in theory be dumb luck, but in general the overall situation makes it seem its job is to clear mines. Firstly, because it seems unaffected by mine 5, and is only tracked by mine 6, which to me seems like better performance than most regular MBTs (correct me if I'm wrong). Secondly, and most importantly, the entire operation is aborted (at least on the vehicle columns part) once this lead tank is tracked.
Maybe it has some sort of strong magnet in front of it, which makes buried mines move just enough to set them off before the tank hull is above the mines?
Or perhaps it somehow shakes the ground in front of the tank enough to set of the mines?
I find this interesting as this goes against the common, unproductive memes of Russian soldiers being drunk farmers armed with shovels and their tanks being made out of cardboard.
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@dadistos4538 YT bots are deleting my replies despite not breaking any ToS atm, but what I've been trying to convey is that I'm not trying "to soften the crimes of the Russians" at all.
I agree that the invasion of Feb. '22 is illegal per international law, and that some Russian soldiers and officers have been perpetrating terrible war crimes (and possibly crimes against humanity). I certainly hope they receive some sort of karmic justice for this.
However, my point was always, as stated in my initial comment, that I've become less and less sympathetic towards those in support of the Ukrainian nationalist cause, due to what I've learnt about the 8 year long civil war (aka the "special operation" against Ukrainian "terrorists") that preceded the Russian invasion.
That said, I hope, above anything else, that the war ends, as quickly as possible, by any means necessary.
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@dadistos4538 I’m not trying "to soften the cr*mes of the Ru*sians". I agree that the inv*sion of Feb. '22 is illeg*l per international law, and that some Ru*sian soldiers and officers have been perpetrating terrible w*r cr*mes (and possibly cr*mes against humanity). I certainly hope they receive some sort of karmic justice for this.
However, my point was always, as stated in my initial comment, that I've become less and less sympathetic towards those in support of the Ukrainian nati*nalist cause, due to what I've learnt about the 8 year long civil w*r (aka the "special operation" against Ukrainian "terr*rists") that preceded the Rus*ian invasi*n.
That said, I hope, above anything else, that the w*r ends, as quickly as possible, by any means necessary.
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I never claimed he was referencing the cyclist. I just pointed out that it's overwhelmingly likely that it is used in reference to Ukrainians, and that it is used by Russians, given the meaning and history of the term.
I do admit after reviewing the clip that it’s very possible that these are Russians laughing at other Russians given the fact that one of the guys says “Who the f is it? What’s his callsign?”.
However, I’m not 100% convinced, since I find it very weird that either Russians or Ukrainians in this conflict would observe their own doing something as weird as this, laugh at it, film it AND upload it for everyone to see. That said, many clips (unrelated to this war) find their way to the public through first being shared by a small group of friends, which then spreads further and further, until it’s available for everyone.
The fact that they’re listening in to their comms is not a deal-breaker, as it’s fully possible to eavesdrop on the enemies comms. However, it somewhat strengthens the case for the BMP and cyclist being their own.
So the last sentence might thus mean “Imagine what the Ukrainians think when they see us doing such dumb sh1t from their drones”.
In summary, I was most likely wrong when I said “The BMP in the vid is with a 99% certainty Ukrainian” and that the title of the video was wrong. However, there’s no need to say “I told you so”, @artos9406 , Vitaliy and SpacePony, cause nothing of what you wrote helped me reach this conclusion.
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